Information communicated by Member states regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, Italy, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Information communicated by Member states regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the
EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2004/C 28/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 7/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Sardinia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Measures to assist the craft sector in Sardinia
— support for new investment

Legal basis: L.R. 51/93 articolo 10 bis

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Appro-
priations
total
EUR 76 257 000

2002-2004

three-year

period

the

for

Maximum aid intensity: A capital contribution of up to 40 %
of eligible costs.

Aid intensity may not exceed 35 % in net grant equivalent, plus
the 15 % in gross grant equivalent
for SMEs. The funding
under Article 10(a) of L.R. 51/93 will comply with the
ceilings and restrictions laid down in Community regulations
on the subject and its application during the period it is in
force will be automatically adapted to the estimates of the new
regional aid map

Date of implementation: From 1 January 2003

Aid No: XS 8/03

Member State: Greece

Region: Entire country

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (as
defined in the Commission Recommendation of 3 April 1996)
for investment to prevent and deal with large-scale industrial
accidents

Legal basis: Άρθρο 24 του Ν. 2339/95, YA 22672/950/95
«Καθορισµός ειδικών κριτηρίων, επιλέξιµων δαπανών, προϋποθέσεων
υπαγωγής, δικαιολογητικών και άλλων συναφών λεπτοµερειών για
την υπαγωγή επενδύσεων στις διατάξεις του άρθρου 24 του
Ν. 2339/95», ΥΑ 22738/1532/27-12-02 «Πρόσκληση εκδήλωσης
ενδιαφέροντος για υποβολή προτάσεων έργων προς ένταξη στην
δράση 2.9.5»

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 25 223 771 in total for the period to 2006. The call for
expressions of interest is to be published for the first time in
December 2002 and twice more before 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31
December 2006 when Regulation No 70/2001 expires

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % grant only (this amount must
not in any case exceed the ceilings of the regional aid map
approved for Greece, plus 15 % for SMEs)

Objective of aid: To develop the regional productive base by
providing a capital contribution to SMEs in the craft sector for
investment programmes that must be intended to launch new
initiatives and/or consolidate existing ones by building new
installations
restructuring,
converting or transferring existing ones

expanding, modernising,

or

Economic sector(s) concerned: All SMEs included in the
register of craft
firms under Law No. 443/85, with the
exception of those in sensitive sectors

Name and address of granting authority:

Regione autonoma della Sardegna
Assessorato del Turismo, artigianato e commercio
V.le Trieste, 105
I-09123 Cagliari

Date of implementation: First call for expressions of interest
December 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: To 2006

Objective of aid:
Investment aid to improve the safety of
installations, workers, neighbouring areas and the environment

Economic sector(s) concerned: All manufacturing sectors
which by reason of their activities are obliged to submit a
the
notification
requirements of the SEVEZO II directive, except for:

accordance with

safety

study

or

in

— activities linked to the production or marketing of products

listed in Annex 1 to the Treaty,

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— specific industries subject

to restrictive guidelines (steel,

shipbuilding, motor manufacture, synthetic fibres, etc.),

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company:

— aid to export-related activities or aid contingent upon the

use of domestic goods

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministry of Development
Secretariat-General for Industry
Directorate for Industry, Development Planning and
the Environment
Director: G. Gannitsiotis
Tel. 210 69 69 268
Fax 210 69 69 267

Other information: This concerns Action 2.9.5 of the Oper-
ational Programme for Competitiveness, which is part-financed
by the Structural Funds

Aid No: XS 18/03

Member State: Italy

Action 4

2003

2004

2005

2006

Total

Interest rate subsidy

150 000 150 000 100 000 50 000 450 000

(euro)

Maximum aid intensity: The gross aid intensity is:

— 15 % in the case of small enterprises;

— 7,5 % in the case of medium-sized enterprises.

If the investment is made by an SME in the Valle d'Aosta area
included on the Italian regional aid map for 2000-06, the
intensities in Commission Decision C(2000) 2752 final (Corri-
gendum of 20 September 2000) are applicable

Date of implementation: 1 March 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 June
2007

Region: Autonomous region of Valle d'Aosta

Objective of aid: Aid for investment.

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Single programming document for European
Regional Development Fund assistance under Objective 2 in
the period 2000/06 and transitional support in the period
2000/05.

Measure 2 ‘Developing and consolidating the enterprise culture’
— Action 4 ‘Creation of a rotating fund for loans to SMEs to
be used for investment and/or research and technological inno-
vation projects’

Legal basis:

— regolamento CE n. 1260/99, del Consiglio, in data 21 giu-
gno 1999, recante disposizioni generali sui Fondi strutturali
comunitari;

— decisione della Commissione europea C(2001) 2121,

in
data 19 settembre 2001, recante approvazione del Docup
ob. 2 2000/06;

— deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 66, in data 14 gen-
naio 2002, recante approvazione del Docup ob. 2 2000/06,
nel testo definitivo;

— deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 3596,

in data 30
settembre 2002, recante approvazione del Complemento
di programmazione del Docup ob. 2 2000/06;

— deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 3550,

in data 30
settembre 2002,
approvazione dell'attuazione,
nell'ambito del Docup ob. 2 2000/06, di azioni per lo
sviluppo e il consolidamento della cultura d'impresa

recante

The aid is in the form of an interest rate subsidy on loans
granted from the
and/or
rotating fund for
research and technological innovation projects by SMEs

investment

Economic sector(s) concerned: Small and medium-sized
businesses operating in the following sectors:

— manufacturing industries

— energy, gas and water;

— construction;

— production services;

— services in the area of tourism

Name and address of granting authority:

Regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta
Dipartimento Industria, artigianato ed energia
Direzione Attività produttive e zona franca
Piazza della Repubblica n. 15
I-11100 Aosta
Tel. (39-016) 527 47 26-27 47 27
Fax (39-016) 523 85 29
e-mail: iae@regione.vda.it

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Intermediary:

Centro Sviluppo Eurobic SpA
Regione Borgnalle, 10
I-11100 Aosta

Aid No: XS 37/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Regional Programme of ERDF Innovative
Actions ‘FreNeSys’ — Action 2 ‘e-Cooperative business’ —
Measure 2.7 ‘Support for projects put forward by ’businesses
clusters'

Legal basis: Delibera Giunta regionale n. 4236 del 6.12.2002

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 450 000

Maximum aid intensity:

A. Gross aid intensity for investment in equipment must not

exceed:

— 15 % in the case of small businesses;

— 7,5 % in the case of medium-sized businesses.

For businesses which have their head office and/or plant in
areas exempted under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty, as
identified in Decision C(2000) 2752 final, corrigendum of
20 September 2000, the aid intensity must not exceed 8 %
nge + 10 percentage points gge for small businesses and
8 % nge + 6 percentage points gge for medium-sized busi-
nesses.

B. Gross aid intensity for

services provided by external

consultants must not exceed:

— 50 % for SMEs

Date of implementation: 19 February 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 June
2004

Objective of aid: To support the competitiveness of regional
SMEs by creating or developing telematic networks for coop-
eration among businesses with the aim of automating, opti-
mising
and external business
processes

and speeding-up internal

Economic sector(s) concerned:

(a)

Industrial or craft businesses active in mining, processing,
manufacturing or construction;

(b) Businesses providing ‘real’ services,

have a positive effect on the development of all
above production activities;

i.e. those which may
the

(c) Businesses active in tourism and in retail and wholesale

trade.

This does not concern sectors not covered by Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001 and the transport sector. The sectoral ceilings laid
down by specific Community regulations or directives apply

Name and address of granting authority:

Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Direzione regionale degli Affari europei
Via Trento, 2
I-34132 Trieste
e-mail: Affari.europei@regione.fvg.it; s.promo@regione.fvg.it

Other information: The measure is carried out
boration with the four
industry, agriculture and craft
Trieste), which
procedures

in colla-
regional chambers of commerce,
(Gorizia, Udine, Pordenone,
administrative

responsible

the

are

for